Ambitious, humble, entrepreneurial, athletic, driven; these are only a handful of words that could be used to describe this month’s Whatakid, Madison Outhier. The Utopia, Texas native, and Fulshear High School sophomore currently competes in THSRA Region 7. She is an all-around contestant, competing in the barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, cutting and breakaway roping. She never mentioned having a favorite event, but it would be easy to assume breakaway roping takes the top spot given her successes this past year. Madison said “2017 was my best roping year,” and she hasn’t taken her foot off the gas since. She has won Cody Ohl’s 15 & under and 19 & under Breakaway ropings, Joe Beaver’
Congratulations to the McCoy’s Farm and Ranch Family of the Month, the Koehn’s! Rory and his two kids, Garrison and Kennedy own and operate Koehn Cattle Company located in Weimar, Texas. While the ranch has been operating since the 1920s, Rory and his family have been running it full time for about 32 years. “We do a little bit of everything,” Rory said. “Our operation is not centered on one item.” The family’s operations consist of crossbred cattle, stocker cattle, raising bulls and replacement heifers, and buying and selling roping calves. The family also make their own hay and sell some as well. As one can imagine, ranch work is dependent on the season, what type of herds you might be ran
