Boys Ranch High School youth returned home from the The High School BBQ Cooker’s Association’s state competition in Burnet, Texas, with some new, championship hardware — a first-place win for “Build Your Pit”! As prizeContinue reading
Category: Agriculture
Boys Ranch youth participating in national hawk conservation program
Counting kestrel hawks is now on the mind of some of the youth at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. Many of the adults who are aware of the national Kestrel Nest Box Project are also excitedContinue reading
Kadan and Jonny: Boys Ranch youth to compete at national rodeo
A first in Cal Farley’s history, Jonny, 17, and Kadan, 18, will represent Boys Ranch in the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. Jonny will compete in bareback bronc riding,Continue reading
Cowboy Poetry
Every year a group from Boys Ranch heads to Elko, Nevada for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This is an event where ranchers and cowboys come together to celebrate a community of arts and storytellingContinue reading
Aquaponics
Students Learn About the World Around Them Through Aquaponics Aquaponics is the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, re-circulating ecosystem utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish wastes to plant nutrients. ThisContinue reading
2017 Deer Survey
Cal Farley’s youth are learning to be productive citizens, which also means caring for the world around them. Recently, our youth have been taking part in a deer survey in the rugged terrain thatContinue reading
Boys Ranch Deer Survey
In September the wildlife management class, taught by instructor Tim Nation, spent evenings out looking for deer across the 12,000 acre campus. Students used spotlights to locate the deer at night and then had toContinue reading