Mary Powell

Mary Powell is a champion cowboy poet from Longton, Kansas. She holds a degree in Livestock Production Management from Kansas State University and has been working in animal agriculture her entire life. Her experience includes cow-calf operations and working in the beef cattle industry before raising meat goats. She does consulting as well as operating her business called Barnyard Weed Warriors which uses goats to naturally clean pastures. Her articles have been published in Goat Rancher and Grass & Grain. She enjoys raising Quarter Horses and Border Collies. In 2023, she won the coveted Governor’s Buckle as champion of the Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest.