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 ...

As Mother Nature marks the much-anticipated arrival of spring with warmer, longer days, it too marks the time for ranchers to come together to participate in the annual rite of passage known as ...

In a market crowded with plant-based substitutes, Zeal Creamery wants to bring back cow’s milk. A Chicago-based brand named for a New Zealand style of farming that prioritizes the well-being of cows, ...

The following is the fifth in the series "Live Your Brand " in which branding expert Melanie Spring takes us along on her three-week road trip across the country to meet innovative entrepreneurs whose ...

BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota Board of Animal Health members voted down a request by a 4-3 margin to end the branding of imported registered dairy cattle. In an effort to stop the spread of diseases, ...

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 ...

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, ...

FIRTH — Each April at the Reid Ranch, relatives and friends gather to brand the new calf crop the traditional way, with ropers on horseback and irons heated in an open fire. The day before, cows and ...