I’m Marci Whitehurst and I’m glad we are connecting! I’m a ranch wife, a mother to three kids, a writer, and crew cook. I love meeting others, whether we are like minded or share different opinions.
In my early years, I lived in town, but as an eighteen-year-old girl, I fell in love with my husband and agriculture. Since then, we’ve worked on different cattle ranches. About fourteen years ago, we began a cattle herd of our own. We started with a large herd of ten cows that made the neighbors laugh…but everyone has to start somewhere when trying to achieve their dreams! We grew it into a larger herd of over 125, with the intention of continuing to grow.
We own a small ranch in southwest Montana and we love talking about the daily grind, the industry of agriculture, faith, and family.
Please comment and share your own story. Connection is good!
Cowboy Wife 
Marci…. I read your article in Progressive Cattle. I run 150 head of cattle on a 6 mos. permit and raise alfalfa for my own use and commercially on approx. 640 irrigated acres. No flood or gated pipe all irrigated. My husband passed away 5 years ago and i’ve Put the ranch on the market. We’re over the border in Wyoming. If you are interested in your search… go to Ranchsoup.com It is about us and our ranch. Most pics of our property and lifestyle. Terrific hay base. Cheaper than MT to live here. I think my guesthouse was made for you. Kate
Thanks so much for responding, Kate! I’m sorry you lost your husband. Please feel free to email me at cowboywife78@gmail.com
We have a small commercial cow/calf ranch in northern California outside of Redding. I just read your article in the Progressive Cattleman magazine about the elk calf. At least 10 years ago we had a yearling elk cow come and stay with our cows for a month or so until we gathered.
That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing. I had not heard of anyone else experiencing that before. Also, Redding is one of my favorite places . It’s beautiful!
Sorry the picture isn’t great. It is a picture of a picture. It’s funny you have been to Redding. We are about 6 miles east of Redding. We had a small herd of elk we would see occasionally until the Jones fire.
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I’m unable to see the picture, but thank you for trying!
Hello Marci. I just read your article in the Progressive Cattle magazine on Are you Ready for Cows!! oh i had to laugh at this. IT IS SO TRUE. those who want to be rancher wives have to know the whole story and what it takes and the sacrifices with it. I so appreciated your article. You do a fantastic job at writing!. When these young folks get married they have to know what they are saying YES to!! We Love our animals and take excellent care of them and that is how they deserve to be treated. thankyou for writing. Your an awesome contributor to the magazine
Thank you so much for sharing. Your comment means a lot to me. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I truly want the upcoming generations to enjoy their lives & even create their own paths, but also learn from previous mistakes & from those who’ve gone before…
Yes i cant say enough to learn from others mistakes! it is interesting to watch those who dont want advice. i always say you can take it or leave it. i am open to it anytime.. Am very thankful to have grown up poor, 11 kids in our family and we didnt know what a whole candy bar was until we were older. It all created appreciation and being humble. Like the saying goes, there are those who are humble and those to GET HUMBLED!! Keep writing you do a fantastic job!