A horse trader recently lashed out on Facebook about a potential buyer asking why a horse he was selling was for sale. He responded with some not so nice language – basically asking why did it matter?

The demise of the oil industry has been grossly overpredicted. In 1956, a prediction was made that peak oil production in the U.S. would be reached by 1970. U.S. oil production in 1970 averaged 9.6 million barrels/day (mb/d) and then declined to five mb/d in 2008. With so much information available at our fingertips, it is surprising that so many people are now accepting incorrect information as fact. A simple test to try among family and associates is to ask when oil production “peaked” and ask what country produces the most oil.

When I was hired as a field editor for a prominent Livestock Weekly I was 21 and greener than a gourd. I'd only been inside an auction market once, had no idea how to load film in a camera, never took a journalism class in my life, hated selling ads, didn't know how to type and didn't know a pronoun from a Pinzgauer. Other than that I was totally qualified for the job.

Twelve-year-old Walker Keith Baylor remembered this community with a population of approximately 300 people in 1859 and 1000 folks scattered across Parker County.

Choice gleanings from 45-plus years of Unregistered Bull. Economics is a boring subject, having become so mainly because of the flood of it arriving in every mail.

Baker Hughes reported that 617 drilling rigs were active in the U.S. on April 12. That is three less than last week and 134 less than one year ago. Canada has 141 rigs, up five from last week and up 14 from this time last year.

Baker Hughes reported that 626 drilling rigs were at work in the U.S. on February 23, 2024. That is five more than last week but 127 less than one year ago. Canada has 237 rigs, down three for the week and down 13 from this time last year.