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 ...

Dave and Gwynn Weaver became well known for The Californios Ranch roping competitions they hosted from 2000-2012 and they now do a lot of ranch roping and branding clinics around the West. Their base ...

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 ...

DILLON — Squinting against an ever-present wind, the men wave bits of bright orange canvas as they walk into the herd of milling cows and their calves bunched against the heavy poles of the corral.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the past 25 years, Chico Basin Ranch has been managed by Ranchlands, a ranching company owned and operated by the Phillips Family. The family has lost ...

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 ...