Rangeland
The Climbing Arrow Ranch consisting of nearly 80,000 acres near Bozeman - and featured in a 1992 Robert Redford movie - was under contract within a week for its asking price after a bidding war.
For Double C Cattle Company, stewardship of the land reigns and the cattle are an integral tool in management.
Public lands ranchers are conservation experts. Cattle and sheep producers have cultivated healthy ecosystems on private lands and leverage that environmental success onto the federal grazing allotments they manage.
Oregon rancher Alec Oliver was determined to return to ranching and working from horseback after he was paralyzed in a vehicle accident nearly a decade ago.
With breeding season approaching, cattle producers must develop or modify management plans in anticipation of a drought to keep the most productive and valuable cows in the herd.
Collins Ranch finds success in a fragile grassland with continued stewardship.
A New Mexico rancher’s public land grazing permits will not be renewed after he killed a Mexican wolf six years ago, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Seven ranchers can win herbicide proven to reduce costs and grow business for the long haul.
In another installment in the years-long saga of the Hammond Ranch, the Interior Department on Friday rescinded grazing permits that had been restored under the Trump administration.
AgriWebb, a ranch management software company serving livestock producers worldwide, announces its launch in the U.S. AgriWebb helps leverage data to increase on-ranch productivity, sustainability, and efficiency.
An Idaho sheep ranching company announced it will permanently retire grazing on 88,000 acres of public land in the Sawtooth and Salmon-Challis national forests, a decision not universally popular with other ranchers.
Bart and Wendy Morris run Oxbow Cattle Company in Missoula, Montana, with an innovative approach to community outreach—their f2m store.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to overhaul regulations for grazing on 155 million acres of public lands across the western United States.
In an attempt to generate leads in a case growing colder each day, the reward for information about a large cattle rustling event has been increased a third time.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt addressed economic impacts to ranchers and the importance of grazing to land management in his remarks to the Public Lands Council on Friday.
Congress passed the Wild Horse and Burro Act in 1971, and the law and its stated objectives led to controversy that is as heated today as it was a half century ago.
The BLM relocated 237 horses from the herd grazing 160,000 acres in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 20 miles west of Las Vegas, Nev.
Early and correct identification of pasture weeds is the first step in maintaining a healthy pasture.
Activist groups have filed suit against the BLM in an effort to prevent Hammond Ranches, Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left), from renewing their grazing permits.
It is imperative that the landlord and tenant talk about any remedies to the lease prior to the start of the grazing season.
These programs are not meant to take the place of on-the-ground monitoring and management, but they provide tools for the rancher tool kit to assist in the adaptive management of rangelands.
While the beef industry has seen growing demand, developments mostly driven by environmental activists still loom over the industry like a gray cloud.
Missouri’s prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state’s ecosystem, according to a conservation expert.
Federal officials have released a plan to save sagebrush habitats in Western states that support cattle ranching, recreation and 350 wildlife species, including imperiled sage grouse.
In an ironic twist, the BLM hopes cattle from Dwight and Steven Hammond – ranchers prosecuted for starting range fires – can reduce a fire risk on the high desert of eastern Oregon.
An environmental activist charged with trespassing and wanton destruction of livestock in Utah pled “no contest” to Class A and Class B misdemeanor charges of “trespassing on State Trust Lands.”
The New Mexico Land Office says it will be lowering fees this year for agricultural leases on state trust land.
Environmentalists are taking over a faded Nevada mining town, but many locals don’t seem to mind.
The Duke’s former 2,000 acre ranch outside Los Angeles is being touted for its potential as a cattle grazing operation and a marijuana farm.
Productive land, green grass, clear water and clean air are essential to raising cattle. Our long-term survival and profitability are directly tied to how well we care for our land and resources, says TSCRA president.