Longmeadow Rescue Ranch worked with Schaeperkoetter Sales & Service on recent equipment purchases. The dealership’s responsiveness and knowledge earned them a Kubota tractor sale.
good, you can get up on the housetop and fl ap your wings and crow about it.” Today, the ranch is supported by individual and corporate donations. It is not affi liated with any other national animal welfare organization. Over the years, the ranch has developed about 55 acres of pasture, another 50 acres or so for buildings and smaller paddocks, while keeping the rest native woods. The ranch includes four horse barns. One is used as a learning center, another as a quarantine barn for sicker horses and two others for general equine hous- ing. Two other barns are used for small- er animals and one facility stores hay.
Equipment That’s Ready Linda Chapman, customer service specialist and lead ranch assistant,
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Meet Longmeadow Rescue Ranch
Mission: Longmeadow Rescue Ranch is one of the most com- prehensive horse and farm ani- mal rescue, rehabilitation and adoption centers in the country. The facility can house more than 350 animals. Its slogan: “We believe in second chances.” Property: 165 acres in Union, Mo. About 55 acres is pasture, another 50 acres has smaller paddocks and buildings and the rest is native woods. Equipment: Bobcat 763 with backhoe, buckets and pallet fork; Craftsman lawn trac- tor; Delta harrow; Frontier and Mill Creek manure spreaders; three Kubota tractors (3430, 3830 and 3940) and front-end loaders; Land Pride blades, rotary cutter, fi nish mower, auger and spreader attach- ments; Polaris Ranger; Stihl string trimmer and chainsaws. Video: Watch “A Day at Longmeadow Rescue Ranch,”
www.longmeadowrescueranch.org.
Amanda Mullen is director of Longmeadow Rescue Ranch in Union, Mo. The ranch rescues and rehabilitates horses and farm animals for adoption.
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