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By: Taylor Dilts Another summer, and another successful docking in the books. For those who don’t know what docking is, let me explain. Docking is the process of removing the tail from an animal- in this case, lambs. But where I grew up, docking meant much more than just cutting off a wooly tail. DockingContinue reading “Docking”

Here is an update from Jackalyn on her last week! This past week for the 9th- 13th I fed and watered the pigs and steers and a cow that won’t get up after giving birth almost 2 weeks ago. On Monday, we separated some of the cows/calves and I taught a helper who is 13Continue reading “What’s Crack-alyn Jackalyn?”

Contributed By: Rachel Purdy- Wyoming Beef Ambassador Over the last week, I have been presenting a lesson to students in local schools about beef. There is so much great news to share about the beef community-it makes it challenging to find just one focus area for a lesson. I taught a lesson to two classesContinue reading “Educating Our Future Generations”

Here is an update from Jackalyn on her past week. This past week I fenced for a few days in different areas, unloaded hay, checked cows, and helped my boss’s mother with her yard work. Another day I picked up sticks in an area called the Hamptons, Spring Creek, and around my boss’s mothers house,Continue reading “Update From Jackalyn”

Howdy! The WSGA staff was busy last week with the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show, so we were not able to post any updates from our Rangeland Interns. Without any further delay, here is an update from Brittany on her first week at the Ladder Ranch! Hi There! I’m Brittany Heseltine from BigContinue reading “Brittany’s First Week”

It is once again my pleasure to introduce another one of our wonderful summer Rangeland Interns- Brittany Heseltine! Brittany Brittany has her Associate’s Degree of Science in Animal Science, and will also soon be graduating from Northwest College with a degree in Agribusiness. Ranching has become a major part of her life, and ultimately herContinue reading “Introducing Brittany!”

Here is Jackalyn’s update on her first week at Brokaw Ranch! Sunday the 18th I settled into the Brokaw Ranch and ate a wonderful meal with Ralph Brokaw, his kids Lindy and Shade, as well as a few family friends. Each day during the week started and finished with feeding the two steers that theyContinue reading “Jackalyn’s First Week”

It is my great pleasure to introduce two of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association’s Rangeland Interns for this summer: Kylee Gibson and Jackalyn Kandle! Kylee Kylee is currently a student at Northwest College and is majoring in Animal Science. She hopes to finish a graduate degree in this field and eventually to become a livestockContinue reading “2014 Summer Rangeland Interns”

By: Taylor Dilts In the wake of the recent standoff between the Bureau of Land Management and rancher Cliven Bundy of Nevada, President Obama has set aside 500,000 acres of New Mexico land and declared it a national monument. While the move is meant to work towards preserving the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks area, manyContinue reading ““Land Grab””

Hello! My name is Taylor Dilts and I am a Senior Communication Student at the University of Wyoming. I just began my summer internship at the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and I could not be more excited to be a part of this wonderful organization. I grew up splitting time in Douglas, Wy with myContinue reading “Fresh Meat”