The American Farriers Journal staff spent a day early this week planning the coming year and looking at ways we can better serve our readers in 2015. During the day prior to this strategic meeting, we spent an afternoon with the folks at Nordic Forge in Guttenberg, Iowa.
After Rodger Howell was told he had five weeks to live, he gave away everything he had and set off in a horse and wagon to visit his children and grandchildren one last time.
The editors at American Farriers Journal are busy working on the sixth edition of Getting Started in Hoof Care, our career guide for new farriers. This is a free publication sent to all farrier school students and to anyone who requests a copy. The purpose of this magazine is to emphasize the business side of farriery. I came across an interesting tip that will be part of an article on invoicing and records.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act on Tuesday afternoon. Senators approved the measure in January.
If the congressman from the Horse Capital of the World doesn't know the difference, why wouldn't the average person assume that all high-stepping horses - indeed, all performance horses - are subject to the same kind of intentional cruelty as Tennessee walking horses?
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up a bill this week that would allow veterinarians to transport controlled substances into the field when treating livestock and pets.
Wellington, Fla., farrier Joe Johnson answers the question: "Do you see much difference in how farriers on both sides of the Atlantic approach shoeing show jumpers?"
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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