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The 2010 Pioneer Awards and Old Timers' Breakfast will be held at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Rapid City, SD on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. This is a new location from previous years and tickets are sold... more...
01/21/2010 6:28pm
The 2010 Pioneer Awards and Old Timers' Breakfast will be held at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Rapid City, SD on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. This is a new location from previous years and tickets are sold...
  01/21/2010 6:28pm
Roger Gates
Life is filled with landmarks. The start of a new year comes around regularly. If we choose to, the New Year provides an opportunity for reflection and anticipation. In its simplest form, the thought process might include: “Where yuh been? Where...
  01/13/2010 12:02pm
Jack and Gini Chase of Buffalo Creek Red Angus, Leiter, WY, were honored at the National Red Angus Convention in Mahnomen, MN, Sept. 16-19, as the recipient of this year's John V. Robbins Distinguished Service Award.
  11/23/2009 12:25pm
Ken Bieber of K&B Herefords, Onida, SD, was inducted into the Hereford Hall of Fame Nov. 2 in Kansas City during the American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting.
  11/17/2009 12:19pm
The winter of 2008-09 started early and ended late, and it was tough on everyone and all the livestock. Not much good can be said of those months, but something good did happen as a result of one rancher's frustration with the equipment he had and the...
  11/17/2009 12:16pm
Roger Gates
This past week's travels took me first to the joint annual meetings of the South Dakota Section of the Society for Range Management with the SD Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society in Mitchell. A major theme of the meeting, both...
  10/15/2009 4:13pm
Predators are a problem for most livestock producers in the West. Coyotes are the most consistent problem, but ranchers also lose stock to cougars, wolves and bears. Gene Hardy, a Wyoming rancher, is on the Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board (ADMB)...
  10/15/2009 4:07pm
Area range specialists, cattle producers and extension educators met on Oct. 6-7, 2009 in Mitchell, SD for the 2009 Joint Meeting of the South Dakota Society for Range Management and South Dakota Soil and Water Conservation Society. The meeting was...
  10/12/2009 6:30pm
Dr. Steve Paisley
Most ranchers in the in the Mountain West would not classify 2009 as a “normal” summer. Above average rain, cool conditions, and timing of precipitation has resulted in above average grass hay production for much of the West. Forage...
  09/29/2009 1:22pm
Roger Gates
When I think about rangeland vegetation I'm inclined to think primarily about the grasses and forbs that dominate the uplands. Because grasses are the dominant component of most rangelands in the Northern Great Plains, they often are the focus of...
  09/09/2009 10:14am
From the captain of the Mayflower to the Civil War battlefields, the White family's ancestors have been important people in the nation's history. In more recent times, the Whites have been prominent cattlemen and involved citizens in the northern plains,...
  08/13/2009 2:47pm
NORTH PLATTE, NE – This year, there's been very good rain and cool temperatures so grasses are maturing a little more slowly than usual, said a University of Nebraska–Lincoln specialist. That's good for grazing livestock.
  07/31/2009 6:28pm
Seven beef farms and ranches, representing a wide range of sizes and types of businesses, were selected as regional winners of the 2009 Environmental Stewardship Award. For almost two decades, the beef industry has recognized outstanding commitment and...
  07/31/2009 5:04pm
Ranchers lead a hazardous life. When accidents happen, the nice thing about living in a rural community is friends and neighbors who come to the aid of someone who's been hurt.
  07/14/2009 10:42am
When pioneers first settled in the Western Plains, they saw endless rolling hills of grasslands, perfect for raising cattle. They saw an opportunity to make a living off the land, and they quickly became known as the original environmentalists. Today,...
  07/10/2009 3:12pm
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