Late spring and early summer is branding time in the High Plains region, and even if some cow-calf producers don’t brand calves any more, many still work them at this time to set them up for success ...
On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of gathering, roping, vaccinating, and marking 900 calves with the family ...
BOWMAN, N.D. — Branding season is a busy time for ranchers in western North Dakota. That’s why one group of boys lends their neighbors some extra hands. The Bowman Branding Company consists of ...
BROKEN BOW, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - As the five horseback riders disappeared behind a pasture hill on a blustery late April morning, a meadowlark sang in the rustling tall grass. An hour later, ...
Branding irons are kept hot in a homemade furnace. On June 12, 205 calves were branded and vaccinated at the first of several 2021 Cross Diamond branding days needed for the commercial herd of ...
The smell of burning rawhide cuts through the morning air near Raleigh, N.D., each spring as hot iron leaves its mark on cattle - the same now as it did in the days of the Old West. Branding is a part ...
BANNACK, Mont. — A livestock brand proves ownership. It ties generations of families to their land and ancestors. The practice dates to the ancient Egyptians. But most of us know it as an iconic ...
The population is shrinking, and the heifers just keep getting bigger. So the Burdick Ranch relies on neighbor volunteers and high school wrestlers to get the job done. On the Burdick Ranch, nestled ...
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