Category: Editor’s Posts
GYPSY WAGON: From Our Editor August/September 2022
Soapbox time. I have always been confident that, in the scheme of things, everyone in the world knew agriculture was indispensable. After all, even everyone
Meet One Female Shaping the Illinois Cattle Industry
By Betty Haynes Illinois Beef Association CALF News Copy Editor Larisa Willrett was recently featured as part of a women in ag story in
Stop the Government Land Grab
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor The still-lingering 30 by 30 program was described by the Biden administration as a way of “tackling the climate crisis
Gypsy Wagon April/May 2020
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Here at CALF News, the world is segmented into two-month cycles since we publish every other month. As I write
Recollections
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publsiher G’Day Mate! My Gypsy Wagon column published in November 2000 pretty much summed up how much my adventures in Australia
Showing the Lifestyle
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher he ranch house was perched at the top of a very steep hill dotted with Palo Verde and mesquite, and
Gyspy Wagon Feb./March 2020
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher The opportunity to travel to Australia three different times and also to spend a month each time is one of
Gypsy Wagon Dec. 2019/Jan. 2020
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher As I sit down to write this column, I feel like I could have just pulled out my Gypsy Wagon
CALF’s Featured Lady
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Talk about a mixed relationship. She was a city gal attending Texas Tech and he was a country guy going
Gypsy Wagon Dec. 2018/Jan. 2019
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Every morning I ask Alexa, my Amazon virtual assistant, what the weather in Phoenix, Ariz., will be. I finally realized