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Support Law Enforcement VOL. 99, No. 15 www.LDAF.la.gov July 21, 2016 MISFIT COWBOY Brian Patton story Brian Patton tamed Roscoe, a Texas Longhorn, to do horse tricks. By Tammi Arender LSU AgCenter EPPS, La. - It’s not easy being the third of seven boys, Longhorn could help him reach that goal. From Brian Patton of Epps, Louisiana says with a smile. The climbing to the top of a 20 foot trailer to kneeling and son of an Ag teacher in West Carroll Parish, the social bowing with Brian on his backside, Roscoe is wowing interaction and entertainment for this male tribe usually audiences at area festivals and rodeos. “If you’re going came through 4-H. “Every summer of my childhood, to dream, dream big”, says Patton. “It takes no more from 4-H Camp at Grant Walker energy to dream big than it does till I graduated High School, I had to dream small.” some sort of 4-H activity”, said Patton also pours his creative Patton. “It absolutely shaped who energy into making one of a kind I am today.” spurs, jewelry, and knives. His His love of the land and work with steel and metal as a livestock has birthed a new farrier has forged an entirely dream in this 36-year-old farrier new career. “The spur making is (horseshoer). Brian has tamed probably my favorite because it’s a Texas Longhorn. Roscoe is the most difficult,” said this artist now a bridled bovine that Brian at heart. “I don’t want things to has doing tricks that many see be easy. I want to get better. In others do with horses. “This Brian Patton makes one of a kind everything that I do.” all started when I woke up just spurs, jewelry and knives. While Brian continues to shoe after midnight on December 21, horses, his main focus is Roscoe 2014 and decided my life wasn’t where I thought it and his rodeo act. In between his performances and should be,” said this self-labeled Misfit Cowboy. “I making his uncommon metal works, he also does got a notebook, and for the first time ever, wrote down motivational speaking and preaching. He’s got his goals for my life. One of which is to be a performer little red wagon loaded up but he’s up to the task of at the NFR-National Finals Rodeo, the super bowl of pulling it and if he’s not, there’s always Roscoe! rodeos.” You can find more information on Brian Patton on his So Patton decided his leadable and teachable Texas Facebook page: www.facebook.com/themisfitcowboy Page 2 Market Bulletin July 21, 2016 Louisiana Agriculture & Forestry Today USDA Designates Natural Disaster Areas The U.S. Department of (a) of the Consolidated Farm and eight months from the date of Faulkner, Greene, Independence, Agriculture (USDA) designated Rural Development Act, counties the declaration to apply for loans Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Monroe, seven counties in Arkansas as and parishes in adjacent states to help cover part of their actual Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, St. primary natural disaster areas are named as contiguous disaster losses. Francis, Sharp and Union. due to losses caused by excessive areas. 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