Oklahoma program training new farmers and ranchers receives federal grant

 
BY BRYAN PAINTER bpainter@opubco.com
Published: October 24, 2011

The Black Angus cow whisked the tail at some flies and then returned to grazing.

Ruby Tucker watched and chuckled, not at the cow but at herself. She laughs at the thought that she has embraced farming and ranching.

A few decades ago, Tucker finished school and took off down the dirt road, away from the family farm near Oktaha in eastern Oklahoma . She'd grown up chopping cotton, gathering firewood and ten...


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