Agri-Kid 9-29-16

The WAR editor loves brave little kids and gentle big cows! Thanks to Clair Hagan of Piedmont, South Dakota, for sharing this darling photo of one-and-a-half-year-old Brayden Swane of Black Hawk, South Dakota, feeding ear corn to this nice cow.

Comments 9-29-16

It is always nice when I can talk about some good news in the beef industry. I am sure that many of you by now have heard the news that China is lifting its ban on United States beef imports. This ban has been in place for 13 years, which of course came about because of the BSE scare back […]

Cowboy Sports…

Editor’s note: Henceforth, we are going to try to round up under one column some of the news and results from the great variety of Cowboy Sports going on these days. This is a column under construction! LGCowboy Sports…Upcoming Events10/15-22AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge / NRCHA Cow Horse Bash…At NILE this year in Billings, MT, from October 15 to 22, to […]

Letters to the Editor 9-29-16

Shabby behavior…Linda, it’s been two or three years since I’ve written to encourage and give you kudos for “being there” for all of us in the ranching business; we look forward every issue to letters and articles about what’s going on around the region with God’s “salt of the earth” folks on many issues. Some (like the Yantis killing) are […]

Sortin Pen 9-2916

Court hears oral arguments in WY’s wolf management case…On September 23, a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington DC heard oral arguments in the State of Wyoming’s appeal to manage its own wolf population. The hearing comes two years after U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with national environmental groups like EarthJustice and rejected Wyoming’s […]

Tuff comes up with a plan…

Tuff comes up with a plan…Last week, the ranch had a casualty in the chicken coop, and now it’s up to Banjo to find the culprit. But Banjo’s taking his investigating even deeper this time — not only because they lost a hen, but also because there seems to be a new varmint on the ranch. Will Banjo find the […]

2016-09-29 E-Edition