Tough Fiber: Ranchers in West Texas Struggle with Rising Costs
“Spanish Dagger” is a yucca plant common in these wide plains of the West Texas. Its leaves contain a fiber the Native Americans often used to sew together animal hides—the tough fiber. Cattle rancher Ann Mitchell is that tough fiber. Ann’s family has owned the Spanish Dagger Ranch for nearly a century—and every ounce of toughness...