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Horses vs Tractors (Photo: courtesy of Frank J. Buchman)

Modern Machinery Still Better

  • February 5, 2024
  • By Frank Buchman
Skeeter with owner Kylie Reiss. (Courtesy photo.)

Skeeter was more than a horse, he was my friend

  • December 29, 2023
  • By Kylie Reiss

We don’t do it for the money

  • December 14, 2023
  • By Kylene Scott

Fewer Hours On Horseback

  • November 30, 2023
  • By Frank Buchman
The blistering agent blister beetles use as a defense mechanism is toxic to horses. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture.)

Alfalfa producers and horse owners fight off blister beetles

  • October 13, 2023
  • By Gail Ellis │ Oklahoma State University
Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)

Producing quality horse hay 

  • September 15, 2023
  • By Kylene Scott
Horses not infected with West Nile Virus. (Journal stock photo.)

West Nile Virus Confirmed in Horses in Kansas

  • August 30, 2023
  • By Heather Lansdowne │ Kansas Department of Agriculture
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum

AQH Foundation hosts free museum day July 22

  • July 18, 2023
  • By HPJ Staff
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