Tag: Beyond the Ranch Gate
TAPS: Not the Forlorn Notes of a Military Bugle
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor After a hectic day of reviewing a pile of blueprints and concluding with a construction site “walk-about,” I took
Uncommon Sense
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Enduring the first bitter cold snap of 2024, I have had much cabin time. With all the normal inactivity, my
Did You Get the Memo?
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor I have spent several days recently in various medical waiting rooms in the pursuit of tests and examinations for both
I’ll Be Here All Week
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Coming off of a 10-day sabbatical from my architectural and agribusiness duties to be a grandpa to 9- and 12-year-old
The Farmer’s Market
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor A few Saturdays ago, accompanied by my wife and our 12-year old grandson, Paxton, I perused Wichita’s Kansas Grown! Farmers
BEYOND THE RANCH GATE- ‘Dirty’ Electricity
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Having just returned from another pilgrimage to the “Third Coast,” my travels were once again confronted by those “dirty” windmill
BEYOND THE RANCH GATE- Agriculture’s Latest Challenge
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor This past Sunday morning coffee clique’s topics ranged from the extended drought to the cost of nearly everything we
BEYOND THE RANCH GATE: Weather or Not
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Looking across the dashboard of my “iron steed,” I discover a switch of uncertain function. Sliding it to the right,
Beyond the Ranch Gate: The Morning After
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Nestled in my bed with dreams of placards advertising gasoline for $2.49 per gallon, grocery store shelves stocked
The Future Mash-Up?
By Blaine Davis, Contributing Editor FROM THE INFLATION of my morning coffee to the “not-so-happy- hour” prices at the evening watering hole, the future is