RANCH FEATURES

By Terryn Drieling Atop their list of priorities is riding their horses. If they had their way they’d ride rain, shine, sleet or snow from dawn ’til dusk. Every. Single. Day. They are able to fall asleep anywhere – on bags of chicken feed, on the ground in the shade of a pickup after a […]

A visit with an Idaho custom boot maker By Mark Bedor In the garage of a home on a windswept cattle ranch outside Mackay, Idaho, in the shadow of the towering, snow capped, Lost River Mountain Range, you’ll find the unique custom cowboy boot shop of Seth Teichert. “I’m not in it really for the money,” says this […]

The Texas Beef Council spreads the word about great, wholesome American beef! Story and Photos by Emily McCartney Some may refer to the Texas Beef Council as our industry’s “best kept secret”, but this organization, and the many programs they conduct, are rapidly igniting a passion for beef across the Lone Star State. WR Editor […]

  By Colin J. Cleary Photos by Wayne Davis Photography Recently I had the opportunity to get a sneak peak at the all-new Polaris Ranger XP 1000 and let me tell you, this thing is Working Ranch-worthy. The first thing my hosts at Polaris said is that they went out and talked with farmers and […]

EDITOR: In this rare instance, we are compelled to combine two separate pieces on the same subject from two different authors and photographers, one submitted in early May, the other in late June.  First, Kori Anderson with the Montana Stockgrowers Association educates us on how and why others see sustainable ranching in a positive light. […]

From a CFHF press release This past July 11, nearly 500 members of the beef industry gathered in Denver to honor four individuals for their dedication to the cattle-feeding business. Jeff L. Biegert — founder of Midwest PMS / Biegert Feeds of Shickley, Nebraska — and Earl Brookover —founder of Brookover Feed Yards in Garden […]

Story and photos by Larry Stalcup It’s painful to watch him walk. His cohorts sometimes wonder how he manages.  But with an aching back and knees, sore feet, arthritis from neck to toe and hands of leather, Shorty Hutson is still at work by 3 a.m. By daylight he’ll have lists made for others who […]

For irrigating permanent perennial grass pasture, Burkey favors a K-Line system to center pivots. He believes the K-Line, consisting of a connected series of pod-mounted sprinklers, allows for more efficient water utilization. Set for a slow soak, the system delivers about 5 hundredths of an inch of water per hour. However, the system does have […]

Lubbock Feeders enjoys impressive employee experience and consulting support Story and (most) photos by Robert Fears On the way to Lubbock, Texas from the southeast, Highway 84 begins an upward 45-degree slope on the western edge of the town of Post and continues on for about two miles.  At the top of the slope, the […]

By Lincoln Rogers Steak lovers know the names ribeye, tenderloin, and even flatiron, but lately beef industry insiders have been talking about the Denver steak.  While it’s a relative newcomer to the scene, it is beginning to make waves. “The Denver cut is the fourth most tender muscle in the whole animal,” said Chef Dave […]