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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The day before, cows and calves are herded from the calving grounds a short distance to a pasture where portable iron panels are assembled into a large corral. The morning of the branding, a square ...

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, ...

This story has been updated with comments from a South Dakota Brand Board inspector. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Rancher Paul Schultes said it’s not unusual for some cows and calves to be missing when ...