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 ...

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 ...

GANN VALLEY, S.D. -- The smell of smoke filled the air as each calf received a new, tan mark of Broadaxe Ranch. The annual branding event last month near Gann Valley was filled with laughter and ...

Two days before one of the biggest days of his life, Colston Loveland went out to participate in a ritual he’d done for most of his life. He branded some calves. Loveland met up with some family and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The air around the Stanko Ranch just outside of Steamboat Springs is filled with the dust created by moving cattle, the clanking of steel ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of ...

It’s branding time in cattle country, and I had the honor of being invited to participate in the annual ritual at the Gillham Cross-I Ranch near Peetz on a recent Saturday. During the ...

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, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The calves were restless just off Bear Canyon Road Saturday morning. Renee Sundquist mounted her ...

Brand your cattle always has been good advice, but it is more important in today's markets because of the higher values. A stolen cow can put a thousand dollars or more in a thief's pocket when the ...