Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Progressive by Tradition 

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice  In a historically patriarchal society, agriculture has several women in leadership at the ground level. Times change...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: Social Engineering Through the Lens of Sustainability 

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice  The word “sustainability” has been co-opted to mean something different than its literal definition, and neo-sustainability has...

OPINIONS: More Tax, More Trash 

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice  Illegal dumping has become extremely widespread. Drive anywhere in Kern County and you will find dump sites...

OPINIONS: Cash Cow

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice  Every business owner, regardless of industry, dreams of a more passive income, cash flow with less labor,...

OPINION: Progress?

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice I was recently at a meeting where a panel of genetic lab vendors were touting the value...

OPINION: Apex Predator

Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Recently, at our County Cattlemen’s meeting, we heard from California Department of Fish and Wildlife representatives to discuss...
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Guide to Bidding at a Live Auction 

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Live auctions with a good auctioneer are exciting and usually the best way to reveal true market...
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Shameless Faith

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: (OPINION) Newsom and California Legislature: Dumb as a Post or Pro...

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Austin Snedden Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice There are certain things that have such a strong correlation to each...
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Who Then Shall We Seek

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice For many reasons, placing a person on a pedestal only leads to disappointment. A good example of...
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OPINION: Still Waiting for Country of Origin Labels on Beef

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice It seems absurd that we are still talking about this, but lobbying power has still thwarted what...
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Who Leads Us?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice 1 Corinthians 1:10–17 (ESV) “10I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: (OPINION) Capi-Toll-Ism

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice I have been thinking about what we call our free society and trying to think of the...
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Even When Church Is Canceled, Church Isn’t Canceled

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice On Sunday, February 9th, 2014, several dozen students at Corban University gathered in a dorm to listen...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: OPINION: Misdiagnosis

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Misdiagnosis is something we generally think of when referring to the medical field, but just as misdiagnosis...
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The Pendulum of Intellectualism

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: The Carrot on a Stick

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Austin Snedden Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice We have all heard the saying, and probably many have seen the...
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Church, What Is It Good For?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice This month many churches across the valley will see a huge bump in attendance as we celebrate...
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What Do You Believe?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice What do you believe? If someone were to ask you what you believe, what would you say?...
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Trusting in Silence

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice It seems as inevitable as the sun rising over the horizon and setting once more that there...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: Breeding for the Exceptional, or Breeding for Consistency

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice In every Breeding 101 or genetics class in almost every animal agriculture college, academia says, “The next...
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Power of Testimony

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice To give a testimony is to provide a witness or evidence.¹ We often see the word testimony...
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The Gospel in the Gifts

By Joseph Delgado, Guest Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice It’s that time of year again! Pools are full, fireworks fill the sky, and you’ve probably...
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What Would Your Letter Say?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Much of the New Testament is written in letters to churches in cities such as Rome (Romans),...
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Why Then, Should We Pray?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Why pray if what we say doesn’t change the outcome? It’s not as if our words, no...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: Do It Yourself and Find Out

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice There are a fair amount of folks that have been managed by someone who has never done...