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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A family member I visited recently explained that she believes the star on the Texas flag came into being from the branding-iron symbol of one of the early families that ranched in the San Antonio ...

The advertisement claimed there’d be less stress upon the cow. Clarence realized a need to purchase one right now. The electric branding iron had a shiny three-prong plug. Clarence made it two prong ...

A layer of dried mud left behind after the Missouri River floodwater receded from Sally Burkhiser's home cracked to reveal the blue living room carpet in Harbor 671 outside Tekamah Tuesday, September ...

It’s not unusual for people to be charged with cattle theft or leaving the Nebraska brand area without inspection, according to representatives of the Nebraska Brand Committee. Rick Bickford, a ...

In the spring of each year, ranchers gather and brand their herds’ new recruits, continuing a tradition as old as the open grazing days of the Western frontier. For as long as cattle have roamed ...

LINCOLN — Several state senators strongly suggested Friday that the Nebraska Cattle Brand Committee should part ways with a former director who is under investigation for mismanagement of the agency.