Stone Cattle & Hunting

05/28/2026

Like mom, like mini-me!

05/17/2026

04/17/2026

SB 292, the Alabama Property Protection Act, has been signed into law by Governor Ivey as Act 2026-536.👏 This legislation is a major step forward in protecting property owners from title fraud, where criminals impersonate owners to sell or encumber property without their knowledge. The Act adds both prevention measures and faster remedies to detect fraud early, clear title, restore ownership, and prosecute offenders. It also requires identity verification at key stages of listing, selling, and transferring property.

The Act strengthens criminal penalties for fraudulent property transfers, establishes the Alabama Title Fraud Recovery Fund to support victims, and provides an expedited court process to restore ownership of fraudulently obtained property. It also allows probate judges to implement notification systems that alert property owners when documents affecting their property are filed.

Recent data shows that title fraud frequently targets mortgage free, vacant, or unimproved properties in rural areas.

The Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026 was supported by the Alabama Bankers Association, Southeast Land Title Association, Alabama Land Title Association, and Alabama REALTORS®. Thank you to Governor Ivey and members of the Alabama Legislature for their leadership in protecting Alabama property owners.

01/16/2026

Barn Life! 🐮

11/21/2025

A beautiful November day on the farm! 🐮 🚜 🦃🐂🧑‍🌾

10/27/2025

It’s a strange time to be in agriculture. For the first time I can remember, the people who raise America’s beef are being cast as the problem. Somewhere along the line, ranchers became the villains in a story they never wrote.

I’ve spent my life around these folks, and I’ve never once met one who fits that label. I’ve seen them knee-deep in mud at midnight, trying to save a cold calf. I’ve watched them carry medicine to a sick one, fix windmills in the freezing dark, and spend long hours wondering if this year’s calves will be enough to pay the banker and maybe afford a decent Christmas for their kids. None of them are scheming against consumers — they’re just trying to stay afloat.

The reality is that true profit in ranching comes around maybe two years out of twenty. The rest of the time, it’s barely hanging on through droughts, markets, and debt. Yet somehow, we’re told we’re getting rich off the consumer.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve explained that ranchers don’t set the price of beef at the grocery store. We don’t own the packing plants, the trucking lines, or the retail shelves. But that truth seems to get buried under outrage, politics, and the idea that someone in a cowboy hat must be to blame for high prices.

It’s disheartening to see hard-working families, the last 1.2% of Americans still producing food for the other 98%, treated as if they’re doing harm. Someday, people will look back and wonder how it happened — how a nation came to distrust the very hands that fed it.

Until then, the work goes on. The cattle still need care, the fences still need fixing, and the rancher will still be out there before daylight. Because feeding people isn’t about applause — it’s about purpose.

08/11/2025

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