Joey Osborne, 36, of Morehead, is a man with a big heart and a whole lot of land. With a family who has a large farming background, Joey continues the family tradition in spreading the family name through patches of land growing cash crops and raising cattle. "I just love to do it," said Joey. "I love to watch the crops grow and I love watching my calves grow."

Joey has his step-son Josh Taulbee, 12, help around time to time by feeding cattle and joining the family in helping around the barn.

Joey far right, is calling the wholesale auto parts downtown in search for a brake light switch for the Ford L9000 semi-truck. Joeys uncle, Ricky Osborne, 56, left, his dad, David Osborne, 59, middle and his cousin, Eric Winklemen, 38, have been working on the old 1988 Ford semi-truck for more than two weeks.

Joey stands on the tires of the Ford semi-truck, while his cousin, Eric Winklemen, 38, rubs soap on the inner rim of the tire to help slip the wheel out of the tire. There are eight tires on the truck that are in the process of replacing the wheels with aluminum and brand new tires.

Joey takes a rest from working on the Ford L9000 semi-truck that he had purchased for his trucking business. Joey not only farms, but does truck driving for a living as well. Growing up Joey has been exposed to both farming and trucking ever since he was little and has loved it ever since."mostly been driving and farming all my life," Joey said. "It's a stressful job (trucking), a whole lot of mental."

Stephanie Osborne, 34, left, is the wife of Joey Osborne, and the two have been together for 10 years and has experience with farming from her dad and papaw. Joey and Stephanie drive over to the barn to check up on the 8 cattle they have in Rowan County. Joey has 45 other cattle back in Fleming County and over 100 acres of farmland where he plants several of his crops throughout Morehead.

Joey and his uncle Ricky check the combine for left over crops they harvested. Uncle Ricky and Joeys dad, David Osborne, are two of the most influential people in Joeys life. The two have taught and Joey all he needs about farming and working hard. "He's doing what he loves," said Ricky. "He loves to watch stuff grow and teal the soil and just work the land. He really works too hard and overdoes himself a lot. He puts to much time in it and doesn't want to stop and rest."

Joey walks across the road to one of the many plots of land where he grows field corn and shucks two cobs to bring back to his dad. Joey grows field corn and soy beans, along with grass hay and raising cattle with over 100 acres of farmland.

Joey hands his dad, David, left, the cobs of field corn to test the moisture. The two often work together on the farm or at his dads barn. Even though Joey is the owner of all the farmland, his dad helps around when he can.

After long days of working on the farm, Joey spends his time resting and relaxing at his home and is back out the next day working on something new. "It aint the same thing everyday," said Joey. "They think farming is the same old stuff everyday and really it's not."