Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona rancher who fought for years to retain sole use of his "Bar 7" cattle brand won a big victory Thursday in the Arizona Supreme Court when the court ruled the state did not ...

Cody Burlile leads Idaho's brand inspectors in safeguarding ranchers by verifying cattle ownership and combating livestock theft.

A family member I visited recently explained that she believes the star on the Texas flag came into being from the branding-iron symbol of one of the early families that ranched in the San Antonio ...

The Nebraska Brand Committee is asking for the public’s help in locating nearly two dozen head of missing and possibly stolen cattle. According to a press release, a local cattle producer reported 20 ...

In western states where pastures are large and many cattle spend time on rangeland, proof of ownership has always been necessary to separate one rancher’s cattle from the neighbor’s cattle, and to ...