Sandhills ranchers around Hay Springs and Rushville had watched storm after storm skirt past in recent weeks, so when rain was forecast again, Sammy Vickers-Meeks and her neighbors weren’t convinced. However, this time was different....
All photos courtesy Amber Greer The Stakes In 1860, a letter from New York to California took three weeks by stagecoach, longer by ship around Cape Horn. The country was three months from electing Lincoln...
Binion Cervi has met the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture two times. Once when he provided a horse for her to ride in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and next when he — again —...
Oregon voters may get the chance to weigh in on a measure criminalize raising livestock for food, hunting animals and performing basic animal husbandry practices. As Diana Wirth of Oregon Cattlemen’s Association said, Oregon Initiative...
When the insurance becomes the liability, maybe something is wrong. That’s essentially what a North Dakota cattle groups is saying in a letter asking the U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Commodity Futures...
Hours and days tick by and the fluffy white clouds blow past, offering no relief. Cattlemen and women continually look up. They pull out the calculator and pencil and do the figures again. How many...
The Nebraska legislative body has given final approval to a bill that will make brand inspection law changes including big cuts to inspection fees paid by some of the state’s largest feedlots. The original bill...
The Nebraska Unicameral took a big step toward changing their state’s brand inspection laws. In a 36-4 vote, (seven members were “present, not voting”) the senators approved an amendment to a brand inspection fee increase...