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, ...

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 ...

BISMARCK -- 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, such ...

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 ...

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