Cattle and hay markets, grazing and water, rodeo, horses and public lands in the ranching West.
Wyoming’s Industrial Siting Council issued its final order for the 650-megawatt wind farm northwest of Cheyenne, weeks after the developer pulled its county applications.
Her parents’ first ranch became the EagleVail golf course. Susan Nottingham has now put 18,484 acres of the Nottingham Ranch near Burns under a conservationRead More »Susan Nottingham keeps her parents’ ranch near Burns from going the way of their first one
With screwworm confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, Colorado adopted an updated emergency rule on Oct. 9 requiring inspections, permits and wound treatment for animalsRead More »Colorado tightens livestock entry rules to keep screwworm out
The USDA’s market news hay reports are the best public guide to what hay is selling for. Here is how to read the grades, baleRead More »Hay prices this winter: how to read the USDA reports for Colorado and Wyoming
From the National Western in January to the county fairs in August, here is how the rodeo year runs in Northern Colorado and southeast Wyoming,Read More »The rodeo calendar: Greeley, Cheyenne, Laramie and the county-fair shows in between
At 8,000 feet in Jackson County, Colorado, the ranch year runs on a short hay season and a long winter. Here is how the calendarRead More »A year on a North Park cattle ranch, from calving in the snow to shipping in October