Cultivating a relationship with an animal is a skill as much as it is an art — it requires patience and vigilance to the nuances of body language, and the reward of an animal’s trust is invaluable.

The Weathers kids, Ty, 14, and his sister Tenley, 12, get out of school in Yuma late on a Wednesday afternoon. It's getting dark. A sharp wind makes the 15 degrees on the thermometer feel a lot colder ...

“You see some kids that have dreaded being close to the animals the entire time and then once they start prepping for the fair, you see such a transformation,” Miller said. “They’re treating them like ...

CUBA CITY – Mark and Rita Weigel were primarily dairy farmers when they began farming in the early 1980s. They milked cows for about 30 years as well as produced feeder pigs. They also raised a few ...

Lynn Grooms [email protected] Aug 3, 2022 Aug 3, 2022 Updated Jun 8, 2023 CUBA CITY – Mark and Rita Weigel were primarily dairy farmers when they began farming in the early 1980s. They milked cows ...