Farming

On this episode of The Rambling Boy, Lonn dives into the history of Texas fences. He explores everything from the barbed wire, or “bab wahr,” fencing…

By Zoe Kurland West Texas ranchers are broadening their income streams to keep their cattle operations afloat. Around 76 percent of land in Texas is ranch…

Around 76% of land in Texas is ranch and farm land and nearly all of it is family-owned. Over time, ranching has changed; nowadays, in most cases, it is…

Fences line ranches across the State of Texas. You might not intuit it from a casual drive down the road, but there's actually a pretty complex -- and in…

This story was originally broadcast on a special episode of the Texas Standard called "The Wall", an hour-long look at the prospect for an expanded border…

At Cathedral Mountain Vineyard in Alpine, volunteer grape-picker Susan Howard wants her title on the record. "Susan Howard, number one picker," she…

On June 1, 1966, the newly-formed farm workers' union based in Rio Grande City voted to strike for higher wages. Lonn Taylor was there. On this edition of…

In the summer of 1966, farmworkers staged a historic march across Texas to protest low wages and poor working conditions. Fifty years later, some of them are telling their stories for the first time.

The Texas wine industry’s been growing in recent years – with new tasting rooms and vineyards popping up in the hill country and across the state. When…

A part of Arizona’s history all but disappeared when the United States-Mexico border was created about 160 years ago. Recently, National Parks and museums…