In the spring of each year, ranchers gather and brand their herds’ new recruits, continuing a tradition as old as the open ...

Modern cattle-branding guidelines call for a brand that's larger than at least 4 inches (10.6 centimeters) long so the scar it leaves won't become illegible as a calf grows — an issue that the ...

As Mother Nature marks the much-anticipated arrival of spring with warmer, longer days, it too marks the time for ranchers to come together to participate in the annual rite of passage known as ...

Freeze branding is relatively new—developed at Washington State University in 1966. This method utilizes extremely cold branding irons, chilled by liquids like liquid nitrogen or a mixture of ...

Branding irons cool during use. ... Avoid branding wet cattle. He did note that brands are different than a logo, because it is considered an official way to identify livestock.

On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of gathering, roping, vaccinating, and marking 900 calves with the ...

The freeze-brand of cattle, as opposed to hot branding, necessitates the submersion of branding irons in dry ice (-79°C) ...

When he's not in the Capitol or the governor's mansion in Pierre, you will find Governor Larry Rhoden in his welding shop on ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, Montana has a cattle-rustling conviction. Skip to main content Skip to main ... , branding irons and documents from the state brand office.

HELENA -- In vintage political theater in front of Montana's Capitol, Gov. Brian Schweitzer wielded three red-hot branding irons to burn "VETO" messages on some Republican bills Wednesday as a ...