Category Archives: Real Ranching

Here is an update from Jackalyn on the past 2 weeks of her rangeland internship 7/4/14-7/11/14 This past week I continued to participate in AI-ing the cows. This happens early in the morning until about 10am and from the evening from 4pm-9pm in order to let the hot cows calm down before insemination. We hadContinue reading “What’s New With Jackalyn?”

Here is the latest update from Jackalyn: This past week I learned about Artificial Insemination or AI-ing. I watched the process and my boss keeps the bulls sperm in liquid nitrogen container where it can stay frozen. When the cows are ready to go, the specified sperm gets put into 98 degree water to meltContinue reading “Update From Jackalyn”

Here is an update from Jackalyn! Monday the 16th, I built a barbwire fence by pounding in green steel posts and stringing the bob wire 3 rows while stapling and clipping after it was pulled tight. I also helped move cows and fix a hot wire fence that we had previously built. On Tuesday theContinue reading “Update From Jackalyn”

Here is an update for Brittany’s 4th week! Week 4 Hello All, Its been another very busy week here at the Ladder ranch with finishing up docking and starting to AI cows and heifers. Sunday and Monday we docked again. We had enough people to run both Dinkum Dockers again which made the day goContinue reading “Brittany Week 4”

Here is an update from Brittany on her 3rd week! Week 3 Hi Everyone, My third week has flown by in a very busy blur. Sunday, I went looking for escaped bucks again and trailed them back to the ranch headquarters. Monday, I wrangled horses in the morning and then helped to gather some cowsContinue reading “Update From Brittany- Week 3”

We have been slacking a little on our intern updates, so here is 3 weeks worth from Brittany! Week 2 Howdy! My second week in Savery, Wyoming on the Ladder Ranch has been every bit as and more exciting than the first! Monday, June 2, Ali, Will and I loaded up a pick up andContinue reading “Updates From Brittany- Week 2”

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”