Buzz was born in Texas and grew up on a cotton farm in Arizona. Professionally, Buzz is a farmer raised by a farmer. Buzz is a card-carrying cowboy, rodeoing since pre-teen years. Buzz converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) young and served 2-plus years as a missionary in Argentina; working in ghettos shapes one’s view about which behavioral patterns advance one’s life and which do not. Buzz is an active team roper and he and wife, Susan, play a lot of golf. Buzz and Susan have six daughters, six sons-in-law, and twenty-three grandchildren. Buzz currently writes monthly articles for agricultural publications as well as produces weekly podcasts. This is his first book, and it’s a dandy.