The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) was founded in Ft. Collins, Colorado, in 1958. The facility, located on the Colorado State University Campus, maintains an extensive collection of both plant and animal genetic material. “When the facility opened,...
Shawn Weishaar developed an interest in range management at a young age, but it was ultimately a range science degree that led him back to the family ranch. “My uncle, Bill Johson, always had a strong interest in...
The South Dakota Quarter Horse Association Ranching Legacy award is being given to Cody and Callie Capp and family of Faith, South Dakota. Both have family backgrounds with ranching and raising quarter horses, and their...
As far as the eye can see across the Nebraska Sandhills of Morrill, Garden, Arthur, Keith and Grant counties, the Morrill fire left behind a landscape unrecognizable, unfamiliar, barren and bleak. Blowing ash and sand...
Jamie Spring and her Border Collie, Monster, along with ten other Senior handlers and two Junior competitors, qualified for the International Sheep Dog Society (ISDS) World Trials to be held this September in Scotland. Spring,...
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen declared a state of Emergency in seven counties following a wildfire outbreak that began on March 12, 2026, and which is ongoing as of press time. The counties included in the...
“Snow too deep, wind too strong to measure.” This was the official weather report for Selby, South Dakota, written across three days: March 2-5, 1966, by weather recorder Albert Hoven. This year marks the 60th...
“Mud in March means a hay crop in June,” wrote my friend, Garnet Perman. Her essay, Evolution of a Ranch Wife, is printed in the anthology, Leaning into the Wind. We haven’t had a muddy...
Within 24 hours after Incident Management declared the Morrill Fire in Morrill, Garden, Grant, Arthur and Keith counties contained, dry lightning sent Nebraska ranchers and volunteer fire fighters along with state and federal emergency personnel...
Once upon a time, there was a little girl from South Dakota. She loved growing up on the farm, helping her mom in the garden, and riding on her dad’s shoulders. She loved the stories...